The Dean of Coventry is based at

Coventry Cathedral The Cathedral Church of Saint Michael, commonly known as Coventry Cathedral, is the seat of the Bishop of Coventry and the Diocese of Coventry within the Church of England. The cathedral is located in Coventry, West Midlands, England. The curren ...

in the West Midlands, UK and is the head of the Chapter at the cathedral, which was created in 1918 from the parish church of St Michael. The current dean is John Witcombe. Prior to appointment of the first dean the function was carried out by a sub-dean or a provost.

List of incumbents

Sub-Deans

*1918–1922

William Haighton Chappel William Haighton Chappel (22 May 1860, Camborne – 11 July 1922, Coventry) was an Anglican priest and educator in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Chappel was the eldest son of Rev. William Pester Chappel, Rector of Camborne and Canon of ...

*1922–1923

Harry Woollcombe Henry St John Stirling Woollcombe (27 December 1869 – 1 December 1941) was the inaugural Bishop of Whitby from 1923 until 1939; and also of Selby. Born into a clerical family, he was educated at Clifton College and Keble College, Oxford befo ...

*1924–1929

St Barbe Holland Herbert St Barbe Holland (15 October 1882 - 9 June 1966) was an Anglican bishop in the 20th century. Holland was born in 1882, the youngest of three sons of Canon William Lyall Holland of Cornhill-on-Tweed. He was educated at Durham School and U ...

*1929–''1931'' Cyril Morton ''(became Provost)''

Provosts

*''1931''–1932 Cyril Morton *1933–1958 Richard Howard *1958–1981 Harold Williams *1982–1987

Colin Semper Colin Douglas Semper (5 February 1938 – 13 April 2022) was an English Anglican priest. Semper was educated at Lincoln Grammar School and Keble College, Oxford, and was ordained in 1963. He began his ordained ministry as a curate at Holy Trinity ...

*1988–''2000'' John Petty

Deans

*''2000''–2000 John Petty ''(for 9 days)'' *2000–2001

Stuart Beake Stuart Alexander Beake (born 18 September 1949) is a British Anglican priest; he served as Archdeacon of Surrey from 2005 until his retirement on 19 September 2017. He was educated at King's College School, Emmanuel College, Cambridge Emmanue ...

''(Acting Dean)'' *2001–2012 John Irvine *2012-2013 Tim Pullen ''(Acting Dean)'' *2013–present John Witcombe Provosts and Deans of Coventry Lists of English people Coventry Cathedral {{anglican-stub